US commuter trains collide; 60 go to hospitals
Saturday, 18 May 2013, 10:25
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five with critical...
$1 million in jewellery stolen near Cannes film fest
Friday, 17 May 2013, 18:57
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Thieves ripped a safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with around $1 million worth of jewelry, in a brazen late-night burglary just hours...
Ruby testifies about Berlusconi 'bunga bunga' fest
Friday, 17 May 2013, 14:24
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
The Moroccan woman at the center of a sex scandal involving former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi testified Friday in court for the first time, describing how a young woman attending one of...
EU survey reveals many gays live in fear
Friday, 17 May 2013, 10:27
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
The European Union is calling for action to counter discrimination and violence against homosexuals after a major survey revealed many gays are living in fear across the 27-nation...
Hugging a Burning Tree
Friday, 17 May 2013, 08:21
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
We are all brought up to recycle paper to save trees. We get countless e-mail admonitions: “Please consider the environment before printing.” Indeed, environmentalism was born with a call...
A new deal for fragile states
Friday, 17 May 2013, 08:20
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Today, roughly one-quarter of the world’s population lives in conflict-affected and fragile states. Despite vast sums of money spent aiding such states over the last 50 years, armed conflict and...
Bangladesh, Myanmar relieved as cyclone fizzles
Friday, 17 May 2013, 08:07
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
A once-fearsome cyclone that was threatening Bangladesh and Myanmar dissipated quickly, causing some deaths but largely relieving authorities who had told more than 1 million people to leave...
Greek strikes halt air travel
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 20:48
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta Independent
Flights in Greece were halted for four hours Thursday as the country's two largest labor unions staged work stoppages to protest austerity measures and a government decision to...
Israel police ban Jews from Jerusalem holy site
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 14:25
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Israeli police have temporarily barred Israeli Jews and tourists from entering the most hotly contested Jerusalem holy site after Palestinian demonstrations. Spokesman...
The endangered Arab Christian
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 08:10
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
The recent abductions of Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim and his Greek Orthodox counterpart, Paul Yazigi, reflect not only the increasing brutality of Syria’s civil war, but also the...